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Used mainly with year 7 and 8 students, this unit, THE MALI EMPIRE, uses eight sets of slides to illustrate the history of this amazing empire. The topics include: * Timeline of the Empire from 1240 to 1468 The rise of the Mali Empire The governance of the Empire of Mali Trade Culture Mansa Musa I Mali - a centre of learning The Fall of the Empire ** Each lesson has worksheet activities interspersed throughout the slides, to focus attention and stimulate thinking.

Aimed at 5 to 6 year olds, this unit covers the objectives for early learning of history. I have used it with Year 1. The topics help students to group according to different criteria related to history understand what evidence is experience collecting evidence chronicle the development of toys on a simple time line while developing a concept of where they fit in the time line and record using a graph, drawings and labels and time lines. Topics include: Our Favourite Toys Finding out about the Past Toys from different Decades All children played with Toys! Years and Years of Toys Time lines Each topic starts with power point slides and is followed by a worksheet of 2 to 3 pages. Teachers may also choose to do some of the activities between slides.

I used this for Year 5 & 6 (Grades 4 to 6). I used it after the unit on South America but it could be used first. There are twelve lessons, each with power point slides and worksheets. Lesson topics: Location Natural Physical Feature Important Lakes Important Rivers Climate Natural Vegetation and Wild life Countries of North America The people of North America (human population) Mining Resources Agricultural (Farming) Resources Manufacturing Industry Economy

A series of lessons about the characters and events central to the War of the Roses. The topics include: The House of Lancaster and the Hundred Years’ War The House of York Civil war begins The struggle for a Yorkist crown Edward V and Richard III Henry Tudor and Battle of Bosworth Field Timeline of the War of the Roses I have used these lessons mainly with Year 7 students. Each topic has a power point presentation and lesson activities.

Prepared for Year 5 students, this unit covers the following aspects of the topic, “South America” Location Countries Important Cities Physical Features Climate Zones Natural Biomes Human Geography Human Geography – Mining and Industry Human Activities – Agriculture Each aspect is presented with power point slides and there is follow up in the form of worksheet activities.

A history of the Qing Dynasty including lessons on: The Chinese Dynasties The Rise of the Manchu Establishing the Qing Dynasty in China Stabilizing the Empire High Qing Era (1683 to 1796) Kangxi Emperor (1651 to 1722) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796) Yongzheng Emperor (1722 to 1735) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796) Qianlong Emperor (1722 to 1796) Decline and Fall (1896 to 1911) The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion. The control of the Qing Dynasty by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1662 to 1908) The Xuantong Emperor and Uprisings in China The Wuchang uprising and the Xinhai revolution Puyi – the “Political Football” There are power point slides with activities interspersed and worksheets for each lesson.

EXTREME EARTH is a fourteen-lesson unit introducing and illustrating extreme weather phenomenon, the causes and effects. Topics include: Earth’s unstable crust Mountains Pushing, buckling bending and sliding – Mountain Formation Earthquakes Tsunamis Volcanoes Geysers and hot springs Weather and climate Tornadoes Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones Drought Floods Earth’s Ice Ages and Extinction Periods Global Warming and Climate change The unit includes power point presentations and worksheets for each topic.

There is still much that archaeologists need to learn about the Indus Valley Civilization. This unit explores the reasons for this, including the importance of evidence, while giving insight into: The Origins of the Indus civilization Discovery of the Indus (Harappan) civilization Cities Society Farming Trade Engineering and science Arts and crafts 8 lessons are covered through slides and worksheets.

KS 1 students study the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. In this unit, students will compare aspects of life in different periods, using the lives of Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong. ***There are power point presentations for: *** Christopher Columbus - life and achievements. Neil Armstrong- life and achievements Comparison Three sets of worksheets support this learning. **PLEASE NOTE: *THERE IS A UNIT IN OUR SHOP THAT COMPARES * Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo. This unit on *Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong *contains THE EXACT SAME presentations and worksheets for Neil Armstrong. It is just a different option for comparison.

This unit is a study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history: Early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900. Lessons include: The beginning of the Islamic civilization Important aspects of Islam Time line of the early Islamic civilization The rise and fall of Baghdad Daily life in Baghdad Center of learning Early Islam civilization Trade Early Islamic Art The important cities in the Islamic civilization Legacy of the Islam civilization

This unit covers the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor, using power point slides and worksheets. The nine lessons are entitled: Who were the Vikings? Viking Society Viking Village life Longboats Raiding Britain The Anglo-Saxons push back The return of the Vikings Edward the confessor and the end of Anglo-Saxon rule Timeline of the struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings I have used this mainly with 8 to 9 year olds. There are nine power point presentations and nine worksheets.

This is a useful resource for beginning the science curriculum with students in Year 4 Topics: Finding knowledge Prediction and Hypothesis A Fair Test Setting up a Science Experiment Collecting data Analyzing and drawing conclusions The Scientific process in discovering our COVID vaccines There are seven power point presentations, seven worksheets and notes for students.

ELECTRICITY Used for 10 to 11 year olds, this interesting unit is presented using power point slides and worksheets with activities to support learning. Topics: Reminder - What is electricity? Current and Voltage? Important electrical components Investigating voltage and electrical conductors The power of fruit and vegetables Investigating resistance Making a wire loop game Drawing circuits Making circuits work

A unit in which students explore and identify the way sound is made through vibration and find out how the pitch and volume of sounds can be changed. Using power point presentations, practical activities and worksheets, students identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. This unit has been used mainly with 8 to 9 year old students. The activities require some everyday items including some musical instruments for the students to work with.

The Renaissance is an eleven part unit. It covers the topics: The beginning of the Renaissance in Europe Causes of the Renaissance The Northern Renaissance Timeline of the Renaissance The rebirth of the classical ideas through art Great Art works of Renaissance Architecture and Science Renaissance Exploration Literature and the Renaissance Geniuses of the Renaissance The end of the Renaissance It has been used mainly for years 8, 9 and 10. There are power point slides and learning activities for each topic / lesson.

This eight-lesson unit has been used mainly with year 7. It covers the topics: The Feudal System as a Political System The Manor The Medieval Castle Medieval Villages and Towns Guilds Serfs and Peasants Nobility Knighthood The slides can be used to introduce, illustrate and discuss the topics. There are worksheet activities interspersed with the informational slides to encourage reflection, allow students to give opinions, express their insight into the life and times and make links with the present day.

This unit is aimed at year three and aims to fulfill the objectives: Identify that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food. Recognize that animals, including humans, get nutrition from what they eat. Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types of nutrition. Identify that animals, including humans, need a balanced diet. Each of the following topics is covered using a presentation and is followed by worksheets with activities: Animals, including humans - nutrition Animals, including humans – What is nutrition? Vitamins and proteins Animals, including humans – What is nutrition? Carbohydrates, fibre and water Animals, including humans – How much is enough?

In this lesson: The Maya Civilization is depicted through slides. Students will be able to place important events in the Maya civilization on a time line. They will also be able to offer reasons for their decline. There is a Time line activity in the worksheet and a comprehension activity from the text. While this is a standalone lesson, the rest of the series explores other interesting aspects of the Maya culture and life.

This retold myth is a good way to add colour to student’s learning about the Vikings. There are activities to follow.

A power point slide series and worksheet aimed to enable students to explain the popular theory of how the moon was formed and to discuss how the moon affects life on earth.